Pedicularis chamissonis subsp. japonica var. japonica
Pedicularis chamissonis subsp. japonica var. japonica("Yotsubashiogama")
Japanese name: ヨツバシオガマ Scientific name:Pedicularis chamissonis subsp. japonica var. japonica
[Overview]
A perennial 10–35 cm tall, found in subalpine Erman's birch forests, Siberian dwarf pine thickets, grasslands and similar places.
The stems branch from the base and stand erect.
The leaves are borne in whorls of 4; they are oblong-lanceolate, 2–5 cm long and 0.5–2 cm wide, and pinnately divided to the midrib.
The lobes are further pinnately lobed to deeply lobed.
The leaf stalk is 2–4 cm long.
The stem tip bears a flower spike with 2–6 tiers, each tier with 4 flowers in a whorl.
The flowers are reddish purple and two-lipped; the upper lip bends from about the middle and ends in a beak-like point, and the lower lip is deeply 3-lobed.
The fruit is an ovoid capsule.
